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...well. Combined green-and-cart fees on the two Tom Fazio-designed courses at Wild Dunes, an island resort 20 min. from historic Charleston, S.C., are $80 and $50 in December and January, vs. $165 and $100 from mid-March through May. The resort's three-night, three-round golf package, including villa accommodations and breakfast daily, is $89 per person per night in low season, $121 in high...
...Canada's most popular golfing destinations is Prince Edward Island. Travelers willing to play in cool weather find excellent deals in May and October, when a typical two-night package with accommodations and golf starts at $208 per person. Packages in the first two weeks of June are less than they are from June 15 through Sept. 30, starting at $236 and $262, respectively...
...find it extremely hot and humid. There may be fewer sites and programs available, and those that are running often have restricted hours or days of operation. The charming green markets and eclectic stalls of crafts and clothing that line streets in peak season may have disappeared; the golf course you play may not be in top condition. But if you're willing to bend a little, the rewards--financial and otherwise--are there for the taking...
That's what golf pros were teaching back in the 1950s and '60s. The classic swing--big and full, finishing in a perfect "reverse C." Unfortunately, that same classic swing can put your average 50-year-old in the hospital. Top tour players like Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Tom Kite and Fuzzy Zoeller, to name a few, have at one time or another each been sidelined with career-threatening back injuries. Today even younger players like Fred Couples, Peter Jacobsen and Tiger Woods have closeted that backbreaking motion, along with their steel-shafted drivers, in favor of the gentle power...
What makes the golf swing so hard on the back? University of Southern California orthopedic surgeon Robert G. Watkins says it's the repetitive extremes in rotation and compression that go with the sport. "Spine injuries lead the list of injuries on both the senior and regular PGA tours," says Watkins, spine consultant to the Professional Golfers' Association Tour and editor of The Spine in Sports (Mosby, 1996). "It's true for amateurs...